Jozef Cardinal Tomko

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Jozef Cardinal Tomko (*born 11 March 1924, Udavské , near Humenné, Slovakia) is Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

Jozef Tomko, 1985
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Jozef Tomko, 1985

Life:

  • 12 March 1949 obtained priest in Roma, Italy
  • 12 July 1979 appointed archbishop
  • 25 May 1985 appointed Cardinal
  • 9 April 2001 retired

He is currently Cardinal Priest of the Title of Santa Sabina.

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